Again, a solid scheme. This one has some little details that the Hatamoto-Chi was missing -- paint chips, spot details, color contrasts. The H-C wasn't bad, but it lacks that etherial "something" that this mini posesses. Having done one paint chip (left leg, rear shot) I would have liked to seen a couple more, to make it look more authentic.
I like the idea of the paint chipping (though I didn't realize at first that was what those were), but I think they are scattered a bit too much. Actually, I think I would just have liked more of them, heheh. I think that your detailing as usual is superb, though I wonder if you chose to skip some of the grillwork, leaving it red, while others got painted metallic. That could just be my misinterpretation of what's a grill and what's a panel, though!